An Ashland state lawmaker who lost her husband in August to COVID is urging you to purchase a pulse/oxygen meter. It’s a simple device that you can wear on your finger. State Rep. Sara Walsh (R-Ashland) says her husband, Steve, suffered from COVID pneumonia, according to his doctors. Walsh spoke on the Eagle’s “Wake Up …
UPDATE: Boone Electric could switch crews this weekend in Baton Rouge
Columbia-based Boone Electric says 75 percent of power has now been restored in hurricane-damaged Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A ten-member Boone Electric crew continues to restore power this morning in Louisiana. Boone Electric spokeswoman Meredith Hoenes says Baton Rouge’s DEMCO Electric co-op still has several hundred broken poles and 15,000 miles of out-of-service line. Boone Electric …
Jefferson City’s mayor says COVID numbers trending in right direction
Jefferson City’s mayor says the number of Cole County residents testing positive for COVID has started to decline since mid-August. Mayor Carrie Tergin presented a pandemic update to the City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting, saying the number of COVID admissions at local hospitals has also started to trend downward. Cole County health officials and …